Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL

317 E OVILLA RD, RED OAK, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1134172406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.02 with United vs $12.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.03
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.05
Humana Tricare $0.06
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.06
BCBS PPO $0.06
BCBS BluePremier $0.07
Cigna NewBusiness $0.12
Cigna LocalPlus $0.12
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.14
Cigna HMO $0.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.14
Cigna AllOther $0.17
Humana COMM $0.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.85
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.85
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.85
Aetna QHPHIX $1.64
Cigna IFP $1.64
Cigna QHP $1.70
United OptionsPPO $2.28
Unicare CHIP $2.31
Aetna NewBusiness $2.42
Aetna Meritain $2.59
Aetna COMM $2.59
Aetna OON $3.05
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4.10
BCBS Traditional $5.39
City of McKinney COMM $5.46
Global Sports Services COMMPPO $6.07
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6.07
Aetna ASA $6.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6.68
Aetna WCOMP $6.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6.68
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7.04
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8.50
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.62
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $8.83
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9.11
USA Managed Care COMM $9.71
USC Health Services COMM $9.71
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10.32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $10.93
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12.14
Unicare MCD $12.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12.14

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